Twin Cities Historical Surface Waters Based on Original Public Land Survey Maps, 1848 -1858 [Minnesota]
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- Title
- Twin Cities Historical Surface Waters Based on Original Public Land Survey Maps, 1848 -1858 [Minnesota]
- Description
- These shapefiles of lakes, streams, wetlands, river bottoms, and the Mississippi River represent the hydrological landscape of Minneapolis and St. Paul as recorded in the original public land survey conducted between 1848 and 1858. The hydrologic features were digitized from scanned, georeferenced 1:24000 maps during the 2017 Faculty Research Sprint held at the University of Minnesota. , Many streams and other hydrologic features that were present in the Twin Cities at the time of the original land survey were channelized, covered, or filled during the late 1800's. These features, however, still function as water conduits within the hydrology systems of urban water and have immense importance to the water regime in the Twin Cities. This data was generated as part of a larger "Lost Waters" research project - aiming to create a visible, physical representation of these waters in the current urban landscape., 1848 - 1858
- Creator
- Richard Strong, Ryan Mattke, Len Kne, Coleman Shepard, Melinda Kernik, and Richard Graves, U of MN
- Publisher
- Minnesota Geospatial Commons
- Rights
- Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC 3.0 US)
- Access Rights
- Public
- Format
- Files
- Language
- English
- Date Added
- October 25, 2023
- Provenance Statement
- The metadata for this resource was last retrieved from the Minnesota Geospatial Commons on 2025-08-26.
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